Event name: HOMAGE TO DINU LIPATTI
Date: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2017
Time: 7.30 pm (60’ concert, 15’ intermission);
A cash open bar will be available starting with 6.30 pm
Vanue: CONCERT ROOM, ST. GEORGE’S HALL LIVERPOOL
Tickets: 20£, available through www.ticketquarter.co.uk
Charismatic duo Alexandru Tomescu (violin) and Angela Drăghicescu (piano) debut on Liverpool’s St. George Hall Concert Hall stage with an homage to the unforgettable pianist and composer Dinu Lipatti, 100 years since his birth. Born in Bucharest, Romania, pianist and composer Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950) is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, having fulfilled a startling variety of roles – as pianist, composer, teacher and critic – with tireless devotion and integrity, despite the early and relentless encroachment of the cancer that took his life unexpectedly. The peak of the program, featuring rarely performed pieces by George Enescu, as well as several other musical gems by Elgar, Olah, and Bartok, is Lipatti’s Sonatina for violin and piano, a brilliant piece that demonstrates the tragic musician’s outstanding skills as composer.
Programme:
Dinu Lipatti – Sonatina for violin and piano
Tiberiu Olah – Sonatine
INTERMISSION 15′
George Enescu – Hora and Ballade
Mircea Chiriac – Serenade
Constantin Nottara – Sicilenne
Edward Elgar – Romance Op. 1 and Salut d’amour
Bella Bartok – Romanian Folk Dances